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- 2. Everyone, including authority figures, must obey the laws, including elected officials.(Abbreviate second word.)
- 3. Established procedures for adding and governing new territories and states in the US. (Abbreviate first word.)
- 6. Constitutional compromise that stated Congress will be bi-cameral: Senate/House of Reps.(Abbreviate second word.)
- 7. System set up by the Const. to ensure one branch of the gov’t is not more powerful than another.
- 9. Author of the VA Declaration of Rights(influenced Madison when he wrote the Bill of Rights.)
- 10. Rights guaranteed to individual citizens by the Bill of Rights and other amendments to the Constitution. (first word)
- 14. Individuals who played a significant role in America’s fight of independence and creation of a new gov’t.
- 16. Group for ratification of the new Constitution; led by Hamilton.
- 17. Year the Const. was written by delegates at the Constitutional Convention.
- 18. 85 essays written by Madison, Hamilton and Jay that explain the Const. and the reasons to support ratification of the Const. (Abbreviate first word.)
- 19. MA farmer who led a rebellion against MA courts to stop the foreclosure of farms; proved the Articles of Confederation were weak.
- 20. The idea that gov’t is controlled by the people who hold power and elect reps giving those reps the power to make and enforce laws.
- 22. Father of the Constitution
- 23. Constitutional compromise that counted three out of five slaves into the population for the purpose of representation in Congress.(first word)
- 25. A gov’t where the power is held by the people and exercised through elected reps.
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- 1. Essays that were written to promote a loose central gov’t and argued against the ratification of the Const. because it had no Bill of Rights. (Abbreviate first word.)
- 4. English philosopher that influenced both the 2nd amendment and the impeachment clause.
- 5. Idea that the power of the gov’t is separated into three branches
- 8. Group against ratification of the Constitution; led by Jefferson.
- 11. Head of state and other officials are elected as reps of the people; the Const. limits the gov’t’s power.(Abbreviate first word.)
- 12. Idea that the powers of the gov’t rest with the people who express their ideas through voting.(Abbreviate first word.)
- 13. English philosopher that believed humans were born w/ “natural rights.” (life, liberty, property)
- 15. Opening line to the Preamble to the Constitution.
- 21. First ten amendments to the Constitution.
- 24. Sharing and division of power btwn fed(nat’l) gov’t and the state gov’ts.